abstract: 'This article provides descriptive information about contemporary

  able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) using 2008 Current

  Population Survey data. Analyses of the demographic, employment,

  economic, and skill-building characteristics of ABAWDS reveal that poor

  ABAWDs struggle with low rates of program receipt and continuous

  employment as well as low levels of education in addition to other

  persistent disadvantages. Results suggest that this group has specific

  needs that can be addressed by social policies aimed at improving access

  to education, skill-building training, and long-term employment.'
affiliation: 'Lim, Y (Corresponding Author), Univ Mississippi, Dept Social Work, POB
  1848,301 Longst, University, MS 38677 USA.

  Lim, Younghee, Univ Mississippi, Sch Social Work, Oxford, MS USA.

  Mitchell, Katherine Stamps, Louisiana State Univ, Sch Social Work, Baton Rouge,
  LA 70803 USA.'
author: Lim, Younghee and Mitchell, Katherine Stamps
author-email: youlim@olemiss.edu
author_list:
- family: Lim
  given: Younghee
- family: Mitchell
  given: Katherine Stamps
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1080/15588742.2016.1191268
eissn: 1558-8750
files: []
issn: 1558-8742
journal: JOURNAL OF POLICY PRACTICE
keywords: 'Able-bodied adults; adults without children or disabilities; economic

  well-being; low income; public policies; work'
language: English
number: '2'
number-of-cited-references: '24'
pages: 99-111
papis_id: a7aa4fe320a57408ab8d426e04484953
ref: Lim2017characteristicslowin
times-cited: '2'
title: 'Characteristics of Low-Income Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents: Implications
  for Public Policy'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000402525100001
usage-count-last-180-days: '0'
usage-count-since-2013: '4'
volume: '16'
web-of-science-categories: Social Work
year: '2017'